HTC One M8 demand is "higher than supply" in HTC's home country

HTC’s brand new One M8 was launched in the US and the UK on March 25, and it isn’t widely available around the world yet. One of the few other markets that got the M8 is Taiwan (HTC’s home country), and it looks like the smartphone is already a hit there.

Focus Taiwan reports that One M8 orders “have been doubling every day” in Taiwan since March 25, and, according to the handset’s local distributor, "demand is higher than supply right now." Unfortunately, specific sales figures aren’t available at the moment.

US mobile carriers don’t seem to have stock issues, which probably means that HTC made sure to ship enough One M8 units to North America. For now, only Verizon is selling the new HTC flagship smartphone in brick and mortar stores, the other US carriers offering it only online. Luckily for HTC, all major US operators will have the M8 in stores starting April 11 - the same day when Samsung launches its Galaxy S5.

The new One M8 is definitely a step up from the One 2013, although its Duo rear camera is still somewhat disappointing. You can read our HTC One M8 review here.

16.Sauce (unregistered)

Got this at Verizon the morning it launched and it's the best phone I've ever had. Excellent battery life easily lasts day and night, and into the next. The camera is outstanding for what I and most people use smartphone cameras for - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, email/messaging, etc.

8.SleepingOz (unregistered)

For the average user it's really great. For serious photographers or those that want to print them out, then yes, just decent. For the majority, I think the camera is more than adequate. However, it would've been a much smarter move to put at least an 8mp (or preferably a 13mp) camera on the back. Why create controversy unnecessarily with a weak spec for something so scrutinized...

HTC has no presents in africa in terms of marketing and promoting their product i have not seen anyone with an HTC product even in some popular stores around they are rear and i can say the same about most part of europe as when i go online with some europe ip all i see is samsung galaxy s5 this galaxy s5 that its not about how beautiful your product is its all about brand

HTC has no presents in africa in terms of marketing and promoting their product i have not seen anyone with an HTC product even in some popular stores around they are rear and i can say the same about most part of europe as when i go online with some europe ip all i see is samsung galaxy s5 this galaxy s5 that its not about how beautiful your product is its all about brand

Well I'm in Taiwan and TV ads are showing HTC One M8 all the time. But the high demand for it seems a bit overstated. Only its 16GB version has been released in mass scale, the 32/64GB versions are not displayed at big stores yet.

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